Kalaben Delkar wins DNH on BJP ticket, betters margin

votes against Congress candidate Ajit Mahala who got 63,286 votes. “We have delivered after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trust in us. The voters of DNH have voted for us with full majority. This election was a true challenge as we had solved some of the issues of the public, but some remained unresolved. Now, our target is to work solely for the public issues,” Kalaben said after her victory.

The sitting MP is also the widow of late Mohan Delkar, an independent MP who died by suicide in February 2021. Kalaben had won the bypoll from the seat on a Shiv Sena ticket following her husband’s death in 2021 and won by over 51,000 votes.

The family had accused DNH administrator Praful Patel and administrative officials for Mohan’s suicide.

However, a month before the 2024 Lok Sabha poll dates were declared, Kalaben and her son Abhinav Delkar had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi before joining the party.